Flour or meal sifter



(No Model.)

H. S BREWINGTON.

FLOUR OR MEAL SIFTER.

No. 367,022. Patented July 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BREVINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FLOUR OR MEAL SIFTE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,022, dated July 26, 1887.

Application filed March 18,1887. Serial No. 231,394. (No model.)

To all whom/i5 may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flour or Meal Sifters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in fiour-sifters, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a vertical cross-section of the sitter on line 00 x of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1, also showing a cross section of the handle in broken lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the agitator modified.

A is the body of the sifter, made of tin or other sheet metal. The top edge is sloped from the front to the handle, so that the sifter can also be used as a scoop to take the flour or meal from a bag, box, or barrel. This body is of the ordinary construction and erimped for measuring the flour, &c.

B is a han(lle,elliptical in eross'seetion, having a hole, I), bored through it. a is a brace extending from the short side of the body A to support the upper end of the handle B.

a is a box extending from the bottom of the body A and immediately under the brace a, having a hole, a", on the top side immediately in line with a hole, a, in the brace a.

C is an agitator,which may be made of wire and of theshape shown in Fig. 3 and in broken lines in Fig. 2, and to be much less in diame ter than the body, so that the distance it will travel when the body is vibrated will produce a jar to the body.

A wire, 0, (shown in Fig. 1,) extends from the brace a, on top of which it is riveted, through the handle B, to which it is securely fastened, down through the hole a in box a, where it can be bent at right angles, and then pass horizontally through the box a, and also through a slit, 1), in the side of the shell A,

which is made long enough to admit of a free vibration of the agitator, which is formed in any practical manner by wires 0 c c 0, connected to the straight wire C by solder or otherwise, as in Fig. 2 in broken lines; or the main wire 0 may be continued to curve around the various bends, and thus form the agitator and handle-wire of one piece, as shown in Fig. 3. Vhere the wire crosses itself, it may be bent over, so that the bottom part will be on a plain surface. The handle B may be made independent of the agitator, and its arm 0' can be securely fastened to the handle at its bottom inside of the box a.

In the bottom of the body A is a fine wire screen, D. (Shown in section in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 2.) The bottom A of the body is left open.

The handle B is flat, round, or oval in crosssection to give a firm hold for the hand, as seen in Fig. 3 in broken lines.

I am aware that an agitator has been operated by means of the handle where the wire was extended from the top and-over the shell and down the side through a tube inside of the shell. In my device I dispense with that wire and connect the arm of the agitator directly to the bottom of the handle, thus simplifying the construction and making it at a less cost.

I claim- The combination of the body A, slotted at b, the perforated bottom D, the top arm, a, the hollow bottom arm or box, a, the wire agitator 0, having an arm extending through said arm or box and an upwardly-bentportion journaled in both arms,and the handle B, rigidly securcd upon said portion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. BRFAVINGTON.

Witnesses:

PH. H. HOFFMAN, THos. IRELAND ELLIOTT. 

